The Marine Society College of the Sea, through which GCSE and A Level tuition is provided, is a Learning & Skills Council (LSC) funded college.
As such it is subject to regular public inspections by the UK's Adult Learning Inspectorate and its students can be assured that its management and quality assurance arrangements meet the rigorous standards set for all other public sector colleges in the UK.
We provide tuition to serving personnel of the Royal Navy and the British Merchant Navy.
The latter includes the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the fishing industry, and the offshore support industry.
The courses we provide are exactly the same whatever.
But because Royal Navy personnel are entitled to study through the Standard Learning Credit scheme, there are slightly different administrative arrangements for enrolling RN personnel.
That is why we have different sets of information online:
Royal Navy
Royal Fleet AuxiliaryBritish Merchant Navy